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Patented Feb. 26, 1895..

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H.KRUOKEE. ROGKET HOLDER.`

No.v 534,651.

UNITED STATES PATENr' GFFICE.

A IIENRY KRUCKER, 0F CINCINNATI, OIIIO.

ROCKET-'HOLDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o.534,651, dated February 26, 1895.

Application led November 12,1894 `Serial No. 528,546. (No modeLl To aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY KRUCKER,aciti zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRocket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is `more especially designed for use with sky rockets ofthat class having winged sticks.

.The discharge of such rockets by amateurs has been attended withconsiderable danger and inconvenience for Want of an inexpensive andavailable holder to support the rocket and guide it as it starts on itscourse.

The object of my invention is to provide such a holder, and obviate thisvdanger and inconvenience, and my invention consists in n the rocketholder hereinafter described 4and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1, is a perspective view showing the holder witha rocket in position for discharge, and Fig. 2, avertical scction of theholder.`

A represents the holder consisting of a stem of wood or other suitablematerial, preferably sharpened at itsilower end so that it may bereadily stuck into the ground and thereby fixed' in position for use.This stem is provided with a longitudinal channel or socket,

B, extendingr from the top of the stem to a point near the sharpenedend, and of a size and shape adapted to receive the stick, D, of arocket. C, is a slot orcnt extending through the walls of socket, B, andadapted to permit the passage of the wings, d, of the rocket. Y

The stem is fixed in the ground or otherwise made fast in desiredposition. The stick of the rocket is then placed in channel, B, thewings sliding in the slot, C. The fuse is then lighted and the rocketdischarged, being guided by the channel and slot until the stick isfreed from the holder.

A holder of this kind may be used in any situation and obviates alldanger to the user.

'lhe cost of the holder is merely nominal and one or more holders may besupplied to the consumer with each lot of rockets.

. As a new article of manufacture, the rocket' holder hereindescribed,consisting of a stem A pointed at its lower end, and provided with alongitudinal socket B, and with a narrow slot Cin the side walls of thesocket, all substantially as shown.

HENRY KRCKER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST K. Hoon, BENJAMIN BLOCH. g

